Inspiration

Hi all,

Saturday I went to my usual Weight Watchers ”church” at my church and I lost point 6 pounds and I thought to myself  “ YUK — that’s all?” and then she walked in. One of the members in my church family whose name will remain nameless (at least until I get her permission) managed to give a testimony on her weight loss journey. We’ll call her “May”. So as I sat in total disgust with me only losing POINT 6 pounds, I listened to May speak about her testimony of losing 166 pounds. LAWD HAVE MERCY!!  May’s testimony was so riveting that I wanted to cry sitting there listening. She lost 166 pounds and kept it off for over 15 years. I must tell you that she is beautiful and never would I have thought she’d weighed THAT much and brought in pictures to prove it! She said at her highest recollection she weighed 331 pounds. She weighs 165 now. Yeah…. you do the math.  

She really didn’t even follow the Weight Watchers program but she hired a nutritionist and she said basically what her nutritionist told her to do was the same structure as the Weight Watchers program.

My other friend who will remain nameless (but you know who you are gurrl), we’ll call her Lisette. Lisette has been struggling with her weight for the last 10 + years. She has small children and has a physically fit husband. She took her life back by doing something about her weight.  So if she is able to lose 6 pounds this week, she will be back in what she and I call “onederland.” For those of you who don’t know what “onederland” is, that is life on the underside of  two hundred pounds. Praise God for her. I can’t wait till she tells me she’s back in onederland (pronounced won-der-land). I haven’t seen onederland since 1989! DANG!

In November 2006 I weighed in at 312 pounds and according to Weight Watchers, your first goal should be to lose 10 percent of your body weight. But my FIRST goal was to get into the “two-derland” club. I couldn’t be weighing THREE NOTHING!! And I finally did it. Took  15 months but not only did I get back in the two’s but I lost my first 10 percent.

So this is more inspiration. For those who are continuing the process of losing weight no matter how you do it, keep that party going. One day we’ll ALL be in the “onederland” club. !!! For real!!!!!

Until next time. Smooches

Back to “32″

Hello all,

 I certainly hope everyone had a great weekend including watching the Super Bowl. Way to go Giants (hopefully next year…the BEARS or the REDSKINS)!! Had to shout out the NFL

However onto other victories.  You may perhaps be wondering why the title of this blog is called “Back to 32.” This is because as of Saturday, February 2, 2008 I am back to having lost 32 pounds. This means that I  have finally hit one of my goals. If you are a Weight Watchers member you know what an accomplishment it is to hit your first 10 percent. This victory means losing 10% of your  body weight. HALLELUJAH! Praise GOD!

What does this mean for you? One of the reasons of writing this blog is to motivate those who want to lose weight. This is pretty cliche’ but WHOO WEE if I can do it……. you know the rest. Pretty soon I’ll be putting up some more pictures of me. I am determined to eat right and live healthy. It is also my determination to inspire and motivate those that have a goal and haven’t started achieving it yet. IT CAN BE DONE! Now keep in mind, I still have 4 small children to lose, however, the party is still going. Start today my friends. You will hit your milestone too. Whatever your fitness goals are. Until  next time folks. Smooches.